# Who's making turkey soup today?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 27, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257 "2011-11-27T18:30:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/1 "2011-11-27T18:30:13Z")
Just got mine boiling now and my whole house smells amazing.
Very simple recipe for me. Just 2 each of carrots, onions and celery stalks cut very coarsely. The turkey carcass, some thyme and marjoram and a couple bay leaves. Boil forever (really just 3 hours, maybe). Strain, chill overnight, and then skim off the fat the next day.
Can’t wait to have some this week!
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### Author:  [@moldmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldmonkey)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/2 "2011-11-27T19:10:16Z")
I made turkey gumbo (or something similar) yesterday. Stock(from the turkey carcass and some of the leftover veggies), leftover turkey, sausage, shrimp, bell peppers, onions, and celery (the girls don’t like okra). It turned out pretty well. It was my first time making my own stock and it made a world of difference.
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/3 "2011-11-27T19:51:37Z")
Didn’t make it this year, but the recipe from the BG&G cookbook is a winner. Carrots, a turnip, fresh mushrooms, tomatoes, and noodles.
I served it to a depressed friend a few years back, and he said it worked better than Prozac.
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/4 "2011-11-27T19:58:03Z")
Well, somebody in the house is but it ain’t me.
Cue Samuel Jackson voice:
I’m tired of all this motherfucking turkey in this motherfucking house!
Fortunately it will all get frozen and consumed slowly over the many months to come. I am just glad Americans in general have finally gotten to the point that most of them can cook a turkey or ham without it tasting like it was buried in the Saharra for six months. Thinking about all that dry ass meat I’ve choked down over the years makes my throat all itchy. Turkey soup and other turkey inspired leftovers are okay in small quantities though.
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### Author:  [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/5 "2011-11-27T20:14:10Z")
Yup, it’s turkey soup day. Boiled the carcass and the neck last night with some onions, carrots, and celery and minimal spices (peppercorns, a bay leaf) to make stock. Today, it’s more of the same veggies along with the pickings and leftover meat for a long cook. Spices will be a pinch of poultry seasoning, some peppercorns, thyme, basil, more bay, and parsley.
I made egg noodles last night too, so after a long cook, in go the homemade noodles for the finish. Can’t wait to eat it
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### Author:  [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/6 "2011-11-27T20:19:11Z")
Making a casserole of leftovers but same idea; it’s all going in the freezer as we’re sick to pieces of turkey.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/7 "2011-11-27T20:21:41Z")
**supervenusfreak** made turkey _salad_ (deli salad style) from the leftover turkey, but not soup.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/8 "2011-11-27T20:27:54Z")
I guess I’m not really making soup today. I’m making stock. Won’t be ready for actual soup until tomorrow, since I don’t want all that fat in it.
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/9 "2011-11-27T20:40:25Z")
I also made the soup yesterday and we’ll be eating it tonight, with fresh bread. Went to the in-laws for Thankgiving so we didn’t have a carcass; I ordered two backs and wings from the butcher. Made a fine broth and I’ll add noodles.
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/10 "2011-11-27T20:40:30Z")
I made it yesterday. Just a minibatch off a leg and wing my mom gave me. 🙂 Coupla carrots, turnips, an onion, some garlic cloves, a couple chunks of kohlrabi I had laying around, and odds from my soup greens freezer bag. In this case, that was fennel tops, celery tops, leek tops and a little parsley.
I accidentally overboiled it so it got cloudy but other than that its a nice addition to the roster.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/11 "2011-11-27T21:00:27Z")
How much stock can you make from a leg and a wing?
Now, if you had a wing and a prayer, that might be different!
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/12 "2011-11-27T21:11:39Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> How much stock can you make from a leg and a wing?
A quart and a pint of broth. It was a fairly large turkey they came off of. With the solids, it filled my 3 qt casserole pot.
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/13 "2011-11-27T23:00:38Z")
Not soup.
SWMBO’s got the gumbo pot going. I’m in heaven.
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### Author:  [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/14 "2011-11-28T00:24:41Z")
This is the first year we’ve been in charge of the turkey, and therefore ended up with the carcass. We discovered a couple of years ago at my BIL’s place that one great way not to feel like you’re eating turkey leftovers for the rest of your damn life is to make them into Mexican food - after all, turkeys are indigenous to the Americas, right? So **Tom Scud** is making a batch of yellow mole right now, and Friday and yesterday we feasted on a Mexican [Turkey Soup with Lime and Chile.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/dining/turkey-soup-with-lime-and-chile-recipe.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=style) It was fabulous!
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### Author:  [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/15 "2011-11-28T00:59:00Z")
I made White [del]Chicken[/del] Turkey [Chili](http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/01/simple-hearty-white-chili/).
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### Author:  [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/16 "2011-11-28T01:04:31Z")
We just had a turkey breast here, and the carcass went in the trash tonight. Had turkey on Thursday, Friday night was ravioli, and I think they had Chinese last night, judging from the leftovers in the fridge. We finished the last of the turkey tonight for dinner.
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### Author:  [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/17 "2011-11-28T01:58:42Z")
I started turkey stock on Thursday night with the carcass, then made cream of turkey rice soup on Friday. But my kids only ate a little bit, I’ll be having the rest for lunch over the next week.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/18 "2011-11-28T03:33:02Z")
Not today but turkey is in the freezer for later. I prefer enchiladas, though; just get an Old El Paso enchilada kit and use leftover turkey instead of ground beef.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/19 "2011-11-28T03:44:52Z")
Made a big batch of broth tonight. Soup for tomorrow!
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-making-turkey-soup-today/604257/20 "2011-11-28T05:46:55Z")
No soup yet, but the carcass was used for stock and it’s in the freezer.
I agree that making one’s own stock is all the difference in soup. I save meat scraps, veggie ends from trimming, and simmer them. After straining I do it again with the same stock, only adding water as needed, four or five times.
In the late summer when veggies are plentiful at the Farmer’s Market I slice and dice and dehydrate, to make soup mix for winter. With home simmered stock, and the veggies, with whatever meat is left from a chicken, ham, turkey or roast, well, it’s good eatin’. You can vary it by throwing in a handful of rice or pasta too.
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